# Working with this EasyLauncher fork

Quick reference for agents working on this fork (Gitea: `jonas/EasyLauncher`,
installed on the Unihertz Titan 2 Elite as `app.easy.launcher`).

**CLAUDE.md in ~/titan2-elite is the source of truth for the phone itself.**

## Golden rules

1. The installed app id is **`app.easy.launcher`** — NOT upstream's
   `com.github.droidworksstudio.launcher`. Every fork build must keep this id.
2. Release APKs are signed with `~/android-keystores/easylauncher-release.jks`
   (alias `easylauncher`, pass in `easylauncher-release.pass`). Never commit an
   unsigned or differently-signed APK to `dist/`.
3. `adb install -r dist/...-Signed.apk` updates the phone in place (same
   signature). A debug build cannot be installed over it (signature mismatch).
4. After a phone reboot the phone is CE-locked until the user enters the PIN;
   app prefs/location are not visible to the app until then. Ask the user to
   unlock instead of debugging it.
5. Never fetch weather without a real location (lat/lon 0,0 must be treated as
   "no location").

## Build

```bash
export JAVA_HOME=~/jdk21        # Gradle 8.13, compileSdk/targetSdk 36, minSdk 24
./gradlew :app:compileWithInternetReleaseKotlin :app:compileWithoutInternetReleaseKotlin --offline
./gradlew :app:assembleWithInternetRelease :app:assembleWithoutInternetRelease --offline
```

- Two flavors: `withInternet` (INTERNET + location permissions, "Easy Launcher")
  and `withoutInternet`.
- Outputs: `app/build/outputs/apk/{withInternet,withoutInternet}/release/`.
- `weather.properties` (OpenWeatherMap key) is optional and absent here — the
  OWM weather widget is dead without it. The home-screen current-weather
  element uses the MET/Yr API instead (no key needed, see below).

## Release flow (see git history for the v0.3.x pattern)

1. Bump `versionCode`/`versionName` in `app/build.gradle.kts`
   (currently 35 / 0.3.5).
2. Build both flavors, then sign each:

```bash
PASS=$(cat ~/android-keystores/easylauncher-release.pass)
~/android-sdk/build-tools/36.0.0/apksigner sign --v4-signing-enabled true \
  --ks ~/android-keystores/easylauncher-release.jks --ks-key-alias easylauncher \
  --ks-pass "pass:$PASS" --key-pass "pass:$PASS" \
  --out dist/EasyLauncher-Internet-v0.3.5-Signed.apk \
  app/build/outputs/apk/withInternet/release/app.easy.launcher_v0.3.5-Release.apk
# repeat for withoutInternet -> dist/EasyLauncher-v0.3.5-Signed.apk
```

3. `apksigner verify --print-certs` should show the keystore SHA-256.
4. Commit as `release build vX.Y.Z` (includes the dist APKs + .idsig files),
   annotated tag `vX.Y.Z`, push `main` + tag to `origin` (Gitea), create a
   Gitea release with both APKs as assets.

## On-device testing (Titan 2 Elite via adb)

- Wake: `input keyevent KEYCODE_WAKEUP`; go home: `input keyevent KEYCODE_HOME`.
- Open the app drawer: `input keyevent KEYCODE_SPACE` (the physical-keyboard
  "key press -> app list" trigger; requires MainActivity focused).
- Scroll the drawer from the right edge: `input swipe 1000 850 1000 250 250`.
- Screenshot: `adb exec-out screencap -p > s.png`; view text via
  `uiautomator dump`.
- Inspect the launcher's own state with `su -c '...'` (root via Magisk).

### Editing app prefs from the host (fragile — read carefully)

Prefs live in `/data/data/app.easy.launcher/shared_prefs/`. To change them:

1. Pull the file, edit locally, push back via stdin:
   `adb shell "su -c 'cat > <path>'" < localfile`
2. **The file name must end in `.xml`** (`EasyLauncher.pref.xml`,
   `EasyWeather.pref.xml`) — `getSharedPreferences("name")` appends `.xml`.
   A missing suffix silently reads as an EMPTY map.
3. **Run `restorecon -F <file>`** — files created via `su cat` get the wrong
   SELinux context (`s0` instead of `s0:c18,c257,c512,c768`) and the app can't
   read them (silent empty map).
4. `am force-stop app.easy.launcher` then press HOME so the process restarts
   and re-reads the file.

### Notification dots

- Service: `.service.NotificationBadgeService` (NotificationListenerService).
  Users must grant notification access; the "Notification Dots" settings toggle
  opens `ACTION_NOTIFICATION_LISTENER_SETTINGS` when missing.
- Badge semantics: per package the service sums `Notification.number` (or 1
  when unset) over COUNTED notifications — same as AOSP Launcher3. Counted
  = clearable (swipe-away), NON-ongoing, NON group-summary, userId >= 0.
  Group summaries and USER_ALL (-1) records are excluded (verified with
  `cmd notification post`, see the log tag `BadgeService` — `publish counts=`
  lines). Re-posts overwrite the stored entry (in-place `Notification.number`
  updates, e.g. K-9 unread count), and a notification that becomes
  non-counted is dropped.
- The dot is a plain red circle (NO white outline), drawn tangent to the
  icon's top-right corner so it is never clipped (`NotificationDotHelper`).
- NOTE: the dot follows ACTIVE notifications (AOSP/Pixel behavior). Apps that
  cancel their notification when opened — K-9 Mail does this on every open —
  make the dot disappear even when unread mail remains. There is NO Android
  API to read an app's unread count (K-9 v22 exposes no provider and no
  AccountManager accounts; counts live in its private Room DBs). This is
  standard Android behavior, not a bug in this launcher.
- Pref writes: `SHOW_NOTIFICATION_DOTS` must NOT be re-pushed from
  `observeUserInterfaceSettings` — the other `setShowX` calls do write prefs,
  and adding this one silently clobbered an on-disk `true` back to `false`
  at startup (in-memory cache won). HomeFragment only observes
  `showNotificationDotsLiveData` to rebind visible rows on toggle.
- Grant from adb:
  `cmd notification allow_listener app.easy.launcher/com.github.droidworksstudio.launcher.service.NotificationBadgeService`
- End-to-end validation trick (the shell can't spoof other packages): run
  Termux's termux-notification as the user that owns com.termux.api (has a
  launcher icon + posts a clearable notification):
  ```
  adb shell "su -c 'su 10261 -c \"PATH=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:\$PATH \
    termux-notification --id reddot-test --title RedDotTest --content Clearable\"'"
  ```
  Expect a `BadgeService: publish counts={... 0/com.termux.api=1}` log and a
  red dot on the Termux:API icon in the drawer. Verify pixels with
  `python3`/PIL (dot = pure red, top-right of the icon box).
- Counts live in `NotificationBadgeService.notificationCounts`
  (StateFlow, key `"userId/packageName"`); fragments rebind visible rows.

### Home current-weather element (MET/Yr)

- Source: `https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/compact` — **no API
  key**, but REQUIRES a descriptive `User-Agent` header (see `MetApiService`).
  Verified working from PC and phone network.
- `AppHelper.fetchMetWeather(context, lat, lon)` returns Celsius (rounded) +
  MET `symbol_code`; 15-minute cache in `met_weather_prefs`.
- The icon is a **Nerd Font weather glyph** (`nf-weather-*`, U+E300+ PUA),
  mapped from the symbol code in `MetSymbolMapper`. It renders with the bundled
  `R.font.jetbrains_mono_nf_weather` — a ~95KB fontTools subset of
  JetBrainsMonoNerdFont (ASCII + 38 weather glyphs + °). The phone's system
  font IS `JetBrainsMonoNerdFont` (fonts.xml default), but the bundled subset
  guarantees rendering even if the launcher-font setting changes. Regenerate
  the subset with fontTools if more glyphs are ever needed (source:
  `/system/fonts/JetBrainsMonoNerdFont-Regular.ttf`).
- Display mirrors the daily word (uses the daily-word color/size/alignment
  prefs); text = `"$glyph  $temp°"` (two spaces).
- Needs a real saved location: `EasyWeather.pref.xml` keys `LATITUDE`/
  `LONGITUDE` (floats). MainActivity saves the real fix there; for testing you
  can seed e.g. Haugesund 59.4138 / 5.2680 (remember the `.xml` suffix +
  `restorecon`!).

### App widgets on the Widgets screen

- Manager: `service/WidgetHostManager.kt` (`@Singleton`) wraps
  `AppWidgetHost` + `AppWidgetManager`. Host id is a fixed constant
  (0x4554); placed widgets are persisted in `EasyLauncher.pref.xml` as a JSON
  array of `[appWidgetId, flattenedComponent]` pairs under the `HOSTED_WIDGETS`
  key.
- The launcher is the *host* only — it does NOT hold `BIND_APPWIDGET`. On
  Android 12+ `bindAppWidgetIdIfAllowed` requires the caller to hold
  `BIND_APPWIDGET` **or** be in the system bind-widget allowlist stored in
  `/data/system/users/<user>/appwidgets.xml` as `<b packageName="..."/>`
  (loaded into `mPackagesWithBindWidgetPermission`). Just being the default
  home app is NOT enough. `launcher3` works because it is a priv-app with
  `BIND_APPWIDGET`; a third-party launcher needs the grant. On this rooted
  phone that grant was added manually for `app.easy.launcher` (see below).
- Feature toggle: `SHOW_HOME_WIDGETS` (default OFF, label "App widgets" in
  Settings → Features). Widgets render on the **Widgets** screen (the
  `WidgetFragment` reached by the swipe gesture, `ShowWidgets`), not the home
  screen. `WidgetFragment.setupHostedWidgets()` restores persisted views and
  `startListening`/`stopListening` run on `onStart`/`onStop`. **Note:**
  `WidgetFragment.orderWidgetsBySettings()` does `removeAllViews()` on the
  scroll container and re-adds only the self-drawn widgets — `widgetHostArea`
  must be re-added there or it silently vanishes.
- Add flow: "Add widget" → provider picker → `requestAddWidget` (allocate +
  bind + launch the provider's configure activity via
  `startAppWidgetConfigureActivityForResult`). Result arrives in
  `MainActivity.onActivityResult` (request code `WidgetHostManager.REQUEST_ADD_WIDGET`)
  → `onConfigureResult` → view created + persisted. The picker is dismissed on
  selection.
- Remove: each hosted widget gets a small "✕" overlay owned by us (top-right
  of the wrapped view) plus a long-press handler. Long-press may not fire on
  fully interactive widgets (e.g. K-9's counts widget opens the app on
  touch), so the "✕" is the reliable path — both call `removeWidget`.
- Restore is **non-destructive under CE-lock**: if `getAppWidgetInfo` is null
  while the user is locked it keeps the persisted record and skips (widgets
  reappear after the PIN is entered and the effect is revisited); it only
  drops a record when the user is unlocked. This is what makes widgets survive
  a reboot.
- Grant on this phone (root), i.e. how `app.easy.launcher` got bindable:
  1. `adb shell "su -c 'stop'"` (so the running service can't overwrite the
     edit on save).
  2. `abx2xml /data/system/users/0/appwidgets.xml /data/local/tmp/aw.xml`, add
     `<b packageName="app.easy.launcher" />`, `xml2abx` back, `restorecon -F`.
  3. `adb shell "su -c 'start'"`; verify with
     `dumpsys appwidget | grep -A2 Grants` → `user=0 package=app.easy.launcher`.
  Editing the file while the service is running is useless: the shutdown save
  overwrites it.
- K-9's "Unread count" widget: provider
  `com.fsck.k9/com.fsck.k9.provider.UnreadWidgetProvider`, configure activity
  `app.k9mail.feature.widget.unread.UnreadWidgetConfigurationActivity`. Both
  are enabled by default on this K-9 build (`enabled=0` manifests as
  resolvable). Placing it asks for an account/folder ("Unified Inbox" = all
  accounts) and then renders a persistent live unread count.

## Known behavior quirks

- The accessibility-service dialog ("Please turn on accessibility service to
  use double tap to lock") pops on home when `ActionService` isn't running.
  Enable the service in system settings to suppress it during testing.
- `Application.setCustomFont` patches the `Typeface` DEFAULT/MONO/SERIF/SANS
  static fields when a non-System launcher font is selected.
- With "Disable Animations" on, the drawer RecyclerView item animator is null
  and navigation transitions are skipped.
- Drawer whole-screen scrolling: `appListTouchArea` forwards vertical drags/
  flings through `OnSwipeTouchListener` hooks (`onVerticalScroll`/`onVerticalFling`).
  Signs were verified against AOSP source: `scrollBy(0, distanceY)` is
  pass-through; fling takes the NEGATED pointer velocity.